Tupac Shakur’s Former Bodyguard Claims to Know Who Killed the Rapper

The deadly shooting of Tupac reemerged as a topic of conversation due to a wild conspiracy theory about Suge Knight's ex-wife being the mastermind behind it. Now one of Tupac's former bodyguards, Blood Piru gang member Mob James, has shared his side of the story. James claims that Crips member Orlando Anderson, a man named often in theories about Tupac's death, was the killer.

"His name started coming cause he was taking credit for it," James says around the 16:40 mark of the interview below. "He started tell people he did that. We decided, basically, it's on. They just killed Tupac. This was my thing. Tupac was hanging with us. Everybody was looking at this as the mob let Tupac get killed. We couldn't have that."

James also put blame on Tupac. He said the rapper's actions and behavior turned the late rapper into a target for retaliation.

"When Tupac had 30 cats behind him, when Tupac knew that can't nobody hurt him because he's got all these guys, Tupac changed," James says around the 13:55 mark. "Tupac was spitting on people. Tupac was bumping into people. His attitude changed totally, and it's what led to Tupac's demise. Because if Tupac would've mind his business... He had the gangsters that was gonna take care of that anyway. If Tupac would've stood on the side and watched, and if Suge would've said, 'No, you're my money. You ain't finna get in no fight. Get over there,' Tupac would be still alive right now and today. And this the only reason he died. He interfered in the something he had no power in."

Watch the entire interview with Mob James below. Fast forward to the 11-minute mark for his thoughts about Tupac's murder.